![Item #4308 Amnesty Bulletin [caption title]. Committee for Amnesty, Conscientious Objectors](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4308.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699545484)
New York: 1946-1948. Twenty-six issues, including two duplicates, plus five flyers. Staples, old folds. Scattered toning and occasional small chips. A strong run of over twenty-five issues of this scarce newsletter published by the Committee for Amnesty in the years immediately after World War II. For three years after the..... More
Middletown, Ct. 1955. 32pp. Spiral bound small folio. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photo reproductions. Minor wear. A remembrance book produced by a group of conscientious objectors (COs) who worked at the Connecticut State Hospital mental hospital instead of joining the armed forces. In the introduction, they wrote: “Though it is..... More
Mancos, Co. 1944. 7 leaves, plus docketing. Mimeographed newsletter on 11 x 8.5 inch sheets, stapled at upper left. Toning and mat burn at edges. A few small perforations along foot of sheets where previously stapled. Fascinating issue of this scarce newsletter published by the inhabitants of a Civilian Public..... More
Glendora, Ca. Pacifica Library Associates, 1942. [2],137,[4] leaves. Folio. Reproduced typescript, with "Explanatory Note" taped to inside front cover. Original brad-bound, printed card wrappers. Light wear. Without the five leaves of "Authors cited" at the end, as noted in the OCLC record, but perhaps not present in all copies. A..... More
![Item #4573 Prison Views [Vol. I, Nos. 1-2]. Conscientious Objectors, Quakers](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4573.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699648582)
Philadelphia: 1947. Two issues, 8pp. & 10pp. Small folio sheets, stapled. Previously folded. Light toning and soiling. Occasional minor wear. The first two issues of this irregularly-published Quaker periodical on imprisoned conscientious objectors and related topics after World War II, established "to stimulate interest in the prison problem; to inform..... More
![Item #4506 CPSU Newsletter [Nos. 1,3,4]. Conscientious Objectors, Unions](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4506.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699648564)
Philadelphia: 1944-1945. Three issues, totaling [13]pp. Staples, old folds. Moderate dust soiling and toning. Light edge wear. Three issues of this rare mimeographed periodical that served as the organ for organized attempts to unionize Civilian Public Service camps during World War II. The camps were administered by pacifist religious sects..... More
![Item #4263 Three Years in the Civilian Public Service. [with:] Think on These Things. Mennonite...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4263.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690471978)
Akron, Pa. Mennonite Central Committee, 1944-1945. Two pamphlets. [12];[8]pp. Illustrated self wrappers, stapled. Minor soiling and wear. Two pamphlets issued by the Mennonite Church promoting peaceful contributions to the war effort for its pacifist members. The first offers details on the Civilian Public Service, a string of nearly fifty camps..... More
Philadelphia: 1940-1945; 1954. Thirty-five printed and typescript items, approximately [150]pp. total. Some staples, old folds. Scattered contemporary ink stamps. Light toning and minor wear, heavier in places. Scattered chipping and occasional short edge tears. A fascinating and scarce group of newsletters, pamphlets, and ephemera published by the American Friends Service..... More
![Item #4504 Demos. A Journal of Democratic Socialism [May 1944 / June-July 1944]. Socialists,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4504.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697035878)
North Fork, Ca. 1944. Two issues, 7pp. & 9pp., respectively. Stapled. Printed mailing self-wrappers on verso of final page, addressed, stamped, and cancelled. Previously folded. Minor wear and dust soiling. Two issues of an extremely scarce pacifist, socialist newsletter, printed and distributed by inmates at Civilian Public Service Camp #35..... More
![Item #4256 CPS Guinea Pigs [caption title]. World War II, Conscientious Objectors](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4256.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1690471970)
Washington DC: National Service Board for Religious Objectors, [ca. 1944]. Six-panel brochure on a sheet measuring 8.5 x 11 inches. Minor wear and soiling at folds. A small, unusual pamphlet that highlights an alternative form of service for American conscientious objectors during World War II. According to the brochure, more..... More
[Washington D.C. 1945-1956]. 85 items, including 46 newsletters with varying paginations. Minor wear and some toning. Early newsletters stapled at upper left, with attendant oxidization. A significant collection of material produced by the National Council Against Conscription (NCAC), a Washington D.C.-based organization that worked to defeat various legislative measures promoting..... More